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Humanizing Hospitals Through Healing Photo Art

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Placing Healing Art Where It’s Needed Most

Nature images can help heal the soul, which in turn helps heal the body.

White, cold, sterile walls exemplify the traditional hospital setting, where stress, pain, fear and loneliness abound. Staring at these empty walls is boring and depressing. The mood changes when our beautiful nature photos are placed on the walls, providing color, comfort, and hope to patients, caregivers, and loved ones.

The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals was established in the USA in 2002 by photographer Elaine Poggi, who turned her personal tragedy of the loss of her mother into a worldwide campaign to bring photos of nature to hospitals.

Offering an extensive portfolio of nature photos ranging from tropical beaches to Japanese cherry blossoms to the Tuscan hills, donated by Elaine and other photographers from all corners of the world, the nonprofit Foundation seeks funding to cover printing, framing, and shipping expenses so that the cost to hospitals is minimal or none at all.

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Best Wishes and Love from Healing Photo Art

December 31st, 2025|

Student volunteers who donated their photos to Healing Photo Art

May 2026 bring joy and love in your lives…
May kindness be in your hearts…
May you be healthy and prosperous…
May you be generous to those who are less fortunate…
And may you be blessed and find your purpose in life.
With love and thanksgiving,
Elaine
If you love what we do, please consider making a donation https://healingphotoart.org/donate/. Whether big or small, all contributions are so important to the work of our Foundation!

Ashlyn Hanson, Contributing Photographer

December 7th, 2025|

P648 Ashlyn Hanson, Amsterdam, Holland

Ashlyn Hanson, Amsterdam, Holland (P648)

Many thanks to Ashlyn Hanson, our new Contributing Photographer!

Ashlyn comments, “Hi! My name is Ashlyn Hanson, and I discovered Healing Photo Art recently during my time abroad studying in Florence, Italy. I have loved being able to volunteer with this organization, as well as become a contributing photographer. I am happy to be able to contribute to such an amazing cause that provides comfort to patients and puts a smile on people’s faces in hospitals across the world! While volunteering, I have seen how much care, effort, and attention Elaine puts into her work, and this foundation, and I am so excited I get to be a part of something so special. As I continue to study here in Florence, I hope to contribute more time and my photos to Healing Photo Art, as it is a philanthropic cause I greatly admire.”

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